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Description for Thomas Hardy
Hardcover. Already an established novelist, for the final 30 years of his life Thomas Hardy abandoned fiction and devoted himself entirely to his first love, poetry. Collected in this volume are his eight books of verse, all the uncollected poems, "Domicilium", and the songs from "The Dynasts". Num Pages: 1039 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 143 x 218 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1054.
Thomas Hardy's first love was always poetry. It was not until 1898, when he was fifty-eight years old, having already established his reputation with fourteen novels and over forty short stories, that his first book of poetry, Wessex Poems was published. For the final thirty years of his life he abandoned fiction and devoted himself entirely to poetry. It is a tribute to his remarkable powers of creativity that he is now not only regarded as one of the most important English novelists but is also recognised as a poet of major stature and ever increasing popularity. The Complete Poems ... Read more
Thomas Hardy's first love was always poetry. It was not until 1898, when he was fifty-eight years old, having already established his reputation with fourteen novels and over forty short stories, that his first book of poetry, Wessex Poems was published. For the final thirty years of his life he abandoned fiction and devoted himself entirely to poetry. It is a tribute to his remarkable powers of creativity that he is now not only regarded as one of the most important English novelists but is also recognised as a poet of major stature and ever increasing popularity. The Complete Poems ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
1040
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
Weight
1054g
Number of Pages
1003
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333949283
SKU
V9780333949283
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Thomas Hardy
JAMES GIBSON was formerly Principal Lecturer in English at Christ Church College, Canterbury.
Reviews for Thomas Hardy
'When the paperback of Gibson's Complete Poems is in stock, why buy anything else?' - Professor Dennis Taylor, University of Boston 'Don't order a selection at all if you can get the Complete Poems.' - Professor William Morgan, State University of Illinois